Youth Officer Consultant

To work on the UNEP Nature, Youth and Advocacy team’s work on youth and education, including projects such as the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge, Sport for Nature and Playing for the Planet

Nairobi

6 months

UNEP is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda and promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP’s Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and capacity development for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The Education and Youth Unit oversees the education outreach and a series of youth projects for UN Environment at its headquarters in Nairobi. This includes everything from engaging working with formal education partners in Higher Education to non-formal education partners such as Girl Guides, Scouts and the video gaming sector to extend the reach of environmental education to mass-reach partners. UN Environment is seeking to scale-up the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge through a new two-year investment of funding, as well as support the delivery of work on Sports for Nature and Playing for the Planet. The consultant will work under the direct supervisor of the Programme Management Officer of Wastewater Unit, under the overall supervision of the Chief, Source to Sea Pollution Unit

The consultant should have an advanced university degree (Masters’ degree or equivalent) in communications, political science, environmental management or a related field. A Bachelor’s university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required Project design: A strong track record of designing projects that secure buy-in and generate results and ability to deliver highly complex projects of a global nature efficiently and effectively is required Communications: Ability to bring a diverse group of individuals and partners together to agree a collective programme of work as well as able to write high-quality reports and proposals as required is required. Education & Youth: Experience of working with youth and youth organizations with insight as to how to work with such institutions around the tasks described in the job Innovation: Ability to think creatively about how to evolve pre-existing programmes to have maximum impact (desirable)

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consulting position, fluency in oral and written English is required.

Not available.

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